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Forced abortion decision overturned on appeal, according to reports

Jun 24, 2019

Thousands of people have signed a petition urging U.K. Health and Social Care Secretary Matthew Hancock to stop a forced... Read more

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, who vetoed four bills regulating abortion June 21, 2019.

Wis. Catholic Conference dismayed by veto of abortion bills

Jun 21, 2019

By Perry West

As the Democratic Governor of Wisconsin vetoed Friday four bills regulating abortion, Catholics in the state expressed disappointment with the... Read more

The Royal Courts of Justice, London. Editorial

UK court orders forced abortion for disabled woman

Jun 21, 2019

A British judge has authorized doctors to perform an abortion on a pregnant Catholic woman with developmental disabilities and a... Read more

Bishops decry introduction of assisted suicide, euthanasia in Australian state

Jun 19, 2019

The four Latin rite ordinaries in Victoria have written a pastoral letter denouncing the state's “new, and deeply troubling chapter... Read more

A rally at the last Planned Parenthood in Missouri.

Botched abortions at Missouri's last abortion clinic raise questions

Jun 19, 2019

In a legal battle over the closure of Missouri’s last functioning Planned Parenthood, state health department officials cited four botched... Read more

Lou Leon Guerrero, governor of Guam, at a White House meeting with governors-elect, Dec. 13, 2018.

Guam's Catholics oppose governor's plan to expand abortion

Jun 17, 2019

Catholics in Guam have organized a prayer rally to protest the territorial governor's plan to recruit a doctor willing to... Read more

Kenyan court rules that rape victims have right to abortion

Jun 15, 2019

Kenya's High Court ruled Wednesday that rape victims whose pregnancy threatens their life or health have a right to procure... Read more

Surgical tools.

Pro-life leader: All-time high abortion rate in UK shows society has failed women, children

Jun 14, 2019

More than 200,000 UK women received an abortion in 2018, setting an all-time high rate of abortion in England and... Read more

St Louis University: employee who signed abortion rights letter apologized, retracted support

Jun 14, 2019

By Jonah McKeown

A group of 180 business leaders this week signed an open letter, published June 10 as a full-page advertisement in... Read more

Lila Rose, founder of Live Action, the organization whose Pinterest account was suspended June 2019.

Pinterest suspends pro-life group's account, citing 'health misinformation'

Jun 13, 2019

By Jonah McKeown

Pinterest, a social media site with 300 million active users, has banned pro-life activist group Live Action from its platform,... Read more

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

Judge issues injunction to keep MO abortion clinic open another two weeks

Jun 11, 2019

Judge Michael F. Stelzer of Missouri Circuit Court in St. Louis granted the city’s Planned Parenthood clinic a preliminary injunction... Read more

Pope Francis and U.S. vice president Joe Biden in Vatican City, April 29, 2016.

Under pressure, Biden now supports federal abortion funding

Jun 7, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

The 1976 Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of Medicaid funds for most abortions. Biden, who voted as a senator in... Read more

Judge: Missouri can't require doctors' testimony in hearing on abortion clinic

Jun 5, 2019

A Missouri circuit court judge ruled Tuesday that doctors not employed by a St. Louis Planned Parenthood do not have... Read more

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Pro-life laws are ‘extremist hate,’ UN official says

Jun 4, 2019

Efforts to restrict abortion in the U.S. have drawn strong denunciations from a senior United Nations official, who called recent pro-life... Read more

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

Despite concerns about Missouri abortion clinic, judge keeps it open for now

Jun 1, 2019

A judge’s temporary restraining order has prevented the closure of the last abortion clinic in Missouri for now, but the... Read more

Mexican bishops oppose bill to expand legal abortion

Jun 1, 2019

Three bishops expressed their opposition to a bill that would expand the legalization of abortion in Hidalgo state in Mexico.  Read more

Archbishop Robert Carlson.

'A giant step forward': Archbishop applauds Missouri abortion ban

May 28, 2019

Banning abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy is a “giant step forward for the pro-life movement,” Archbishop Robert J. Carlson... Read more

Supreme Court upholds Indiana fetal remains rule, but stops short of major abortion ruling

May 28, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld part of an Indiana law requiring aborted babies to be cremated or buried,... Read more

Chemical abortions may be slowing the decline in US abortions

May 23, 2019

By Perry West

While the number of abortions procured in the US has steadily declined in recent decades, recent data indicate that this... Read more

Argentina Doctor Leandro Rodríguez Lastra.

Argentinian doctor convicted of refusing to perform abortion

May 22, 2019

Dr. Leandro Rodríguez Lastra, an OB-GYN in Argentina, was found guilty on Monday of having prevented an abortion, after he... Read more